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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
accepted
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
air
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
assailed
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
bending
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
breathes
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
busied
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
cast
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
cheerfulness
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
chirp
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
circle
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
come
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
Countess
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
crest
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
crickets
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
dark
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
discussing
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
drawing-room
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
dread
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
drown
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
eagerly
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
embroidery
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
evening
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
false
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
fits
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
fixe
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
former
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
fragrance-laden
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
frame
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Oswald, the quietest of the three, glances from time to time at his mother.
Georges
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
glances
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From this reading Oswald, the quietest of the three, glances from time to time at his mother.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
half
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
hassock
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Oswald, the quietest of the three, glances from time to time at his mother.
idee
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
invitation
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
lamps
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
light
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
Lodrin
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
loud
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
monotonous
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
more
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
mother
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From this reading Oswald, the quietest of the three, glances from time to time at his mother.
nightingale
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
off
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
Oswald
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
paralysing
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
Pistasch
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
plaint
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
quietest
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From this reading Oswald, the quietest of the three, glances from time to time at his mother.
quite
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
races
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
regaining
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
room
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
sensation
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
shaking
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
shrill
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
soft
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
sounds
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
spacious
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From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
start
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
starts
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
succeeded
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
sure
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
sweet
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Beyond the circle of light cast by the lamps more than half of the spacious room is quite dark.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
three
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From this reading Oswald, the quietest of the three, glances from time to time at his mother.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
time
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From this reading Oswald, the quietest of the three, glances from time to time at his mother.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
Tornow
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
ugly
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From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
window
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From this reading It is evening in the drawing-room at Tornow, and the air breathes soft and fragrance-laden through the open window; the monotonous chirp of the crickets sounds loud and shrill as if to drown the sweet plaint of the nightingale.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
working
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He has, to be sure, succeeded in shaking off his ugly _idee fixe_, and in regaining his former cheerfulness; but yet, by fits and starts, he is assailed by a paralysing sensation of dread.
Zinsenburg
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From this reading The Countess Lodrin is bending over an embroidery frame, busied in working the Zinsenburg crest upon a hassock; Oswald, Georges, and Pistasch, who, when the races were over had accepted an invitation to come to Tornow with Georges, are eagerly discussing a false start.
